Caprese Everything!

The timeless and versatile combination of tomatoes, mozzarella, and fresh basil.

YOU NEED:

• Good quality, firm tomatoes. Heirloom, Roma, cherry tomatoes
• fresh full leaves of basil
• good mozzarella, the real stuff. Buffalo mozzarella or bocancini.

For the classic caprese salad, stack each ingredient, then top with fresh basil, salt and pepper, and drizzle with olive oil or balsamic vinegar.

For a Caprese Panini, sandwich everything between 2 slices of foccacia, baguette, or ciabbata. Grill using a pan, panini-press, or charcoal grill pan. Hell, maybe you can even barbeque it. 

For a Pizza Margharita, use basic tomato sauce with mozzarella and basil.

For Caprese pasta, combine with pasta. You can use a pesto-based sauce, and serve it hot, or cold. 

As a snack or party food, skewer bocancini and cherry tomatoes and basil.

You can use as a topping for chicken, or stuff chicken with it. Bake the chicken with it on top, so the cheese melts. 

Finally, there are countless ways to dress up the combination.

What goes great with Caprese?

-Melon

-Prosciutto

-Sun-Dried Tomatoes 

-Peaches